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Cryopreservation allows to preserve genetic resources in aquatic species, such as Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). However, freezing may cause cell damage affecting the sperm quality. New procedures including antifreeze proteins (AFPs) seem to improve sperm quality after cryopreservation. AFPs have the ability to bind to ice crystals inhibiting their growth, and ice recrystallization (IRI) in vitro. Deschampsia antarctica is a freezing tolerante vascular plant species (LT50 -27�°C) exhibiting apoplastic antifreeze activity. We hypothesize that AFPs from D. antarctica favor the sperm quality of cryopreserved S. salar spermatozoa. The aim of this work is to evaluate cryoprotection of AFPs from D. antarctica in S. salar spermatozoa. Cryopreservation of S. salar spermatozoa has been made with a standard freezing medium (C+) and different treatments with protein extracts (20 �¼g/ml) of D. antarctica supplemented with permeating, DMSO 1.3 M, glucose 0.3 M, and non-permeating, BSA 2% w/v cryoprotectants. Post-thawing plasma membrane integrity (PMI) by SYBR-14/PI and mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) by JC-1 markers were assessed using flow cytometry. Thawed cells in the presence of protein extracts from D. antarctica without BSA maintained PMI as well as C+ and showed significant differences respect to the other treatments. The percentage of cells thawed with protein extracts of D. antarctica and with cryoprotectants showed higher MMP than C+. While, treatments without permeating and non-permeating cryoprotectants maintained a similar MMP to C+. AFPs from D. antarctica showed a cryoprotective effect in S. salar spermatozoa and these would act as non-permeating cryoprotectant, replacing BSA in standard freezing medium.
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Short S completed her Biotechnology Engineering at Universidad de La Frontera and started her Doctoral studies in Applied Cellular and Molecular Biology at the Universidad de La Frontera. She is currently TA of Enzymology, Protein Structure and Immunology at the same institution. She has published five articles in reputed journals.
Email:s.short01@ufrontera.cl
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